16 December 2025
Dozens of asylum appeals delayed over interpretation issues
Interpretation problems were responsible for 65 asylum appeal hearings being delayed this year.
Figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests show that 42 hearings in the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) were postponed in 2025 due to the interpreter failing to show up, and 20 because the interpreter was unavailable. Two were postponed because the interpreter was late.
Of the total of 991 postponements in the tribunal as of December 5th, delays due to interpreter issues constituted 6.6 per cent. [...]
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